THE VENTURES - Telstar

THE VENTURES - Telstar

[robertweber]

66 years old and really love this song. Takes me back to when I was younger. Wish I could go back to those years

[peterancell]

Brings back so many memories growing up in the 60’s and 70’s

[BCS]

Let us never forget Joe Meek, the genius behind Telstar and many other incredible, memorable tracks from the 1960s.

[charliegirlify]

I'm 70 and I testify this was the best music of all time. The 60s, 70s were THE BEST!!!

[gulfgypsy]

RIP Don Wilson --- The Ventures created some of the most iconic songs of their era.

[Richard-sin]

I’m 72 years old I feel like I’m a kid again listening to this song. The Ventures are great.

[jimhackman]

Some of the best times of my life 50s 60s and 70s music was fabulous

[johnpripusich]

RIP Don Wilson. Thanks to you and all of the Ventures for the awesome music. Often imitated, never duplicated. The Tornadoes' version of "Telstar" is great, too. But I like the Ventures' version best!

[markkim]

The Ventures "Telstar" was my first encounter with American music back in 1961 when I was at grammar school. More than 61 years have gone by now, and this music yet brings me nostalgia.

[idartist]

I WILL BE 71 THIS June and all the oldies bring back yesterday. I love this song.

[MaryAnneLanders]

What memories this clip brings back! That was such a hopeful, forward-looking time, and this melody captures its spirit wonderfully. Thanks, thebencharz!

[PeterLevy-cdht]

I'm 72 and remember the awe and wonder I felt watching the first international live broadcast.

[tallperson]

Still have this song on my iPhone and love it. Got to meet Don Wilson of the Ventures a few years ago and had a great time talking with him. Such great music and a very kind gentleman.

[Carlparishhonda]

I remember playing this album on my mother HI-FI record player that can reproduce that heavy bass notes as well as Crystal clear high notes back in my high school years from the 1960s. This was before stereo sound.

[barbaragodwin]

I woke this morning with this tune going through my head. I wonder if we will hear music when we're carried up to be with Jesus?

[johnbrown]

Who needs a lead singer, when you play the telecaster like these guys! Awesome!

[scottfaudree]

My dad loved this stuff. I'm so thankful for a group like this.

[hergestridgeroubaix]

Back in the 60's they played this song every day over the loudspeaker system at Camp Dearborn in southeast Michigan. Loved it then as I do now. Thanks for posting...

[michaelf]

My dad had this album, i listened to it a lot as a kid. He would have been 28 when it came out. He left it to me.

[ericbrant]

I still like the Ventures version of Telstar, which is the first version that I ever heard, back around 1965. Many years later, I heard the original by The Tornadoes, which I also like very much. Still a little later, I heard another mid-60's version by The Spotnicks from Sweden - which I also like. The Spotnicks version is closer to the original, with a plaintive transistorized organ and a hypnotic pattering rhythm played on god-knows-what. Joe Meek came up with such a fabulous melody that it's hard to cover it and not sound good. In my humble opinion, a great TUNE (i.e. melody) has wondrous power to stick in the memory, and to withstand the test of time. Telstar is one such tune.